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A substantial sign understanding "I am an American," put in the window of a store the day after the assault on Pearl Harbor, at thirteenth and Franklin boulevards in Oakland. The store was later shut after official requests that people of Japanese plummet clear from certain West Coast zones. The proprietor, a University of California graduate, was housed in War Relocation Authority community for the term of the war.

Toyo Miyatake remains in his youngsters' room taking a gander at his young little girl drawing at a work area, while her mom remains behind her, at the Manzanar War Relocation Center in California, 1943.
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Mrs. Yaeko Nakamura clasps hands with her two little girls Joyce Yuki Nakamura and Louise Tami Nakamura while strolling under a structure in a recreation center at the Manzanar War Relocation Center in California, 1943.
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First-graders, some of Japanese heritage, promise steadfastness to the American banner at the Weill state funded school in San Francisco, April 1942. The offspring of Japanese parentage would be housed in war movement expert communities for the span of the war. This week points the 75th commemoration of FDR marking official request 9066, approving the internment of Japanese Americans amid World War Two.
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A bird's-eye perspective of grounds from the watch tower, indicating structures, streets, and the Sierra Nevada mountains out of sight at the Manzanar War Relocation Center in California, 1943.
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Roy Takeno, standing, addresses a gathering of men accumulated for a town lobby meeting at the Manzanar War Relocation Center in California, 1943.
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